The Royal Image
  PREFACE
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  ABBREVIATIONS

 collapse sectionINTRODUCTION—  VERNACULAR HISTORY, LATIN HISTORIOGRAPHY, ROYAL PATRONAGE, AND THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES
 •Louis IX's Political Ideology
 •The Tradition of Regional Vernacular History
 •The Latin Chronicle Tradition at Saint-Denis

 collapse sectionPART I—  THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED COPIES OF THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES
 collapse sectionChapter One—  Philip III's Grandes Chroniques
 collapse sectionContemporary Representations of Kingship at the Court and the Abbey of Saint-Denis:  Precedents for the Grandes Chroniques
 •Kingship in the Royal Context
 •Kingship in the Dionysian Context
 collapse sectionThe Copy of the Grandes Chroniques  Presented to Philip III:  A Mirror of Princes
 •Models of Kingship
 •Dynastic Continuity
 •The Royal House and the Abbey of Saint-Denis:  A Shared History
 collapse sectionChapter Two—  Manuscripts Produced during the Reigns of the Last Direct Capetians
 •Genealogical Manuscripts
 •Independent Traditions:  A Parisian Bookseller's Chronicle

 collapse sectionPART II—  DYNASTIC CHANGE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY IN THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY
 collapse sectionChapter Three—  Textual and Pictorial Innovation in John the Good's Grandes Chroniques
 •Politics and the Problem of Succession
 •Saint Louis:  The Model Roi Très Crétien
 •The Prerogatives of Holy Kingship
 •Chapter Four—  The Courtly Response in Manuscripts by the Master of the Roman de Fauvel

 collapse sectionPART III—  THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES OF KING CHARLES V
 collapse sectionChapter Five—  The First Stage of Execution (before 1375)
 •Politics in the Duchy of Normandy
 •Saintly Ancestors as Models of Kingship
 •The French Kings and the Empire
 •Dynastic Legitimacy and the Reditus
 •Kingly Behavior
 collapse sectionChapter Six—  The Second Stage of Execution (c. 1375—77)
 •Kingship and Internal Politics
 •The Royal Succession
 collapse sectionChapter Seven—  The Third Stage of Execution (after 1379)
 •The Five Substitutions
 •The Visit of the Holy Roman Emperor

 collapse sectionPART IV—  MANUSCRIPTS PRODUCED DURING THE REIGN OF CHARLES VI
 •Chapter Eight—  The Legacy of Charles V
 •Chapter Nine—  Popular Manuscripts and the Religion Royale
 collapse sectionChapter Ten—  Advice to the Nobility in Manuscripts Produced in the Style of the Master of the Cité des Dames
 •The Role of the Princes of the Blood
 •The Role of the Queen and the Dauphin
  EPILOGUE—  THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

 collapse sectionNotes
 •PREFACE
 •INTRODUCTION— VERNACULAR HISTORY, LATIN HISTORIOGRAPHY, ROYAL PATRONAGE, AND THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES
 •Chapter One— Philip III's Grandes Chroniques
 •Chapter Two— Manuscripts Produced during the Reigns of the Last Direct Capetians
 •Chapter Three— Textual and Pictorial Innovation in John the Good's Grandes Chroniques
 •Chapter Four— The Courtly Response in Manuscripts by the Master of the Roman de Fauvel
 •Chapter Five— The First Stage of Execution (before 1375)
 •Chapter Six— The Second Stage of Execution (c. 1375—77)
 •Chapter Seven— The Third Stage of Execution (after 1379)
 •Chapter Eight— The Legacy of Charles V
 •Chapter Nine— Popular Manuscripts and the Religion Royale
 •Chapter Ten— Advice to the Nobility in Manuscripts Produced in the Style of the Master of the Cité des Dames
 •EPILOGUE— THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
 •APPENDIX I— ARTISTS IN GRANDES CHRONIQUES PRODUCED C. 1274–1422
  APPENDIX I—  ARTISTS IN GRANDES CHRONIQUES PRODUCED C. 1274–1422
 collapse sectionAPPENDIX II—  SURVIVING MANUSCRIPTS OF THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES AND THEIR PROVENANCE
 collapse sectionI—  Manuscripts Consulted for This Study
 •A—  Illustrated Copies
 •B—  Unillustrated Copies
 •II—  Manuscripts not Consulted
  CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS
 collapse sectionSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 •A—  Manuscripts and Early Printed Books[fn1]A—  Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
 •B—  Primary Sources
 •C—  Secondary Sources
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